Harlem, Georgia.
Typical home $290,908 (+2.2% in a year), asking rent $1,725 . Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$848 (+125%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,234 +2%
- $284,674$290,908 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $60,849 +26%
- $230,059$290,908 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Harlem$1,527
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Harlem, GA rose 2.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Harlem, Columbia County, Georgia
Harlem is a city of 3,571 people in Columbia County. Unemployment in Columbia County was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 8.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Columbia County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Harlem is a small Georgia city in Columbia County, home to a younger population than much of the country. A four-year degree is held by fewer adults than in most places, and incomes across Columbia County run well above what is typical nationwide. Winters are cool, with January the coldest month, and summers are hot, with July the warmest.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with many others in professional and business services, restaurants and hotels, and manufacturing. Across Columbia County, the biggest workplaces include Columbia County Schools, Club Car and John Deere Commercial Products. Unemployment across the county has stayed low, and the county added jobs over the past year.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Lake Strom Thurmond is a large reservoir and Mistletoe State Park is a protected area, both a longer drive away. Those who like museums can head to the Morris Museum of Art, also a longer drive away. Augusta Botanical Gardens, another longer drive, offers a quieter afternoon among planted grounds.
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- 1,466households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What people in Columbia County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Columbia County had 42,806 jobs in 2025, 8.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 57° and lows near 32°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 70°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Appling Northwest weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Columbia County
- Columbia County SchoolsSchool district3,662FTE
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,420
- Club CarGolf carts, powered, manufacturing1,006
- AmazonCouriers and express delivery services943
- John Deere Commercial ProductsFarm tractors and attachments manufacturing611
- GIW Industries, Inc. - Grovetown, GaCentrifugal pumps manufacturing580
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters348
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters334
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 75 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 11,856 people in all across the county; Harlem has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of HarlemRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of HarlemRelatively moderate
- Strong windrelatively high in parts of HarlemRelatively moderate
- Lightningrelatively high in parts of HarlemRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Harlem’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Columbia County and the Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro.
Harlem home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Harlem$290,908
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Harlem listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Harlem22.08%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Harlem37
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Harlem12
Zip codes with a Harlem address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Harlem — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.